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Labor Radio-Podcast Daily
by Union City Radio
News and views from Labor Radio Podcast Network shows, plus labor quotes and history. #LaborRadioPod
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Cargo Didn’t Move
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Engage: The Podcast for Delta Pilots recalls a nationwide railroad strike ended at bayonet point. In labor history, oil workers strike in 1945. Quote of the day: Richard Trumka. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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99
Take Labor Day Beyond Labor Day
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: On the SAG-AFTRA podcast, AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler urges workers to organize and make their voices heard. In labor history, women cotton workers strike for a 10-hour day. Quote of the day: Susan B. Anthony. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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98
The Lifeguard’s First Job
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Project Labor dives into how lifeguards prevent danger and make rescues when conditions turn. In labor history, the murder of Ella Mae Wiggins. Quote of the day: Ella Mae Wiggins. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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97
A Little City Within a City
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Solidarity Works descends into a mine—“a little city within a city.” In labor history, 634 union members lost on September 11. Quote of the day: Edward Croker. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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96
The Song Just Built and Built
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Labor Heritage Power Hour visits Ralph Chaplin’s grave and hears how an annual tribute grew through song. In labor history, the 1897 Lattimer Massacre. Quote of the day: Jonathan Swift. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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95
“The Usual Issues”
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Labor Exchange recalls Wobblies organizing Colorado coal miners over wages and working conditions. In labor history, Kauai sugar strikers are killed in 1924. Quote of the day: Frederick Douglass. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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94
One Contract, Equal Rights
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Blue Collar News on how union contracts unite workers across differences. In labor history, the UFW launches its historic grape strike and boycott. Quote of the day: Cesar Chavez. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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93
How Labor Day Got Respectable
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: America’s Work Force Radio traces how Labor Day became respectable while May Day turned radical. In labor history, the Pullman strike helped make Labor Day federal. Quote of the day: Si Kahn. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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92
The Fake Union Playbook
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Work Stoppage investigates a company union with alleged mob ties. In labor history, 12,000 New York tailors strike over sweatshop conditions. Quote of the day: John Lennon. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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91
Through the Ring of Labor
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Labor Heritage Power Hour visits Detroit’s Transcending labor landmark. In labor history, 25 workers die in the 1991 Imperial Poultry fire. Quote of the day: Wayne Downer.
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90
An Undercover Agent Among Them
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Labor Notes uncovers an undercover agent apparently posing as a construction worker. In labor history, mine owners bomb West Virginia strikers from the air. Quote of the day: Dwight D. Eisenhower. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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89
Common Problems, Common Cause
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: LaborForce explores how unions are building community resistance to ICE. In labor history, the Great Textile Strike began in 1934. Quote of the day: Walter Reuther. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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88
Can You Survive on a Low-Wage Job?
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Working People traces how Barbara Ehrenreich’s investigation became Nickel and Dimed. In labor history, 325,000 unionists rally for workplace fairness in 1991. Quote of the day: Lula Brayboy. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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87
Bread on the Table, Fire on the River
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Green and Red explores how pollution shaped a steelworker’s environmental consciousness. In labor history, 250,000 march for jobs and freedom in 1963. Quote of the day: Odetta. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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86
Searching for Scabby
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Labor Heritage Power Hour visits the Ohio factory behind Scabby the Rat and his inflatable allies. In labor history, Truman seizes the railroads. Quote of the day: Dolly Parton. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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85
More Freedom Through Medicare for All
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: America’s Workforce Radio explains how Medicare for All would return healthcare decisions to patients and providers. In labor history, Fannie Sellins and Joseph Starzeleski are murdered. Quote of the day: Anne Feeney. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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84
Companies Policing Themselves?
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Labor Radio on KBOO examines Labor Secretary nominee Keith Sonderling’s support for employer self-policing. In labor history, the Sleeping Car Porters organize. Quote: A. Philip Randolph. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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83
The Left Is More Popular Than You Think
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Green and Red looks at why left politicians top America’s popularity rankings. In labor history, the United Farm Workers launch the lettuce strike. Quote of the day: Cesar Chavez. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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82
A Broader Name for a Bigger Story
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Maryland Labor History explores why Baltimore’s Irish Railroad Workers Museum changed its name. In labor history, Nat Turner’s revolt begins in Virginia. Quote of the day: The R.J. Phillips Band. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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81
Fan the Flames of Discontent
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Labor Heritage Power Hour celebrates the songs that fueled the IWW and the labor movement. In labor history, Liz Shuler becomes the AFL-CIO’s first woman president. Quote of the day: Liz Shuler. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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80
They’re Changing the Strike Language
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: GarageMind talks with workers walking the picket line for a fair contract. In labor history, the IWW publishes its first “Little Red Song Book.” Quote of the day: “Dump The Bosses Off Your Back,” performed by Anne Feeney. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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79
Power on the Workroom Floor
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: NextGenCarriers makes the case for postal workers’ right to strike. In labor history, Debs memorial station WEVD goes on the air. Quote of the day: Eugene V. Debs. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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78
Locked In and Organizing Back
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: LabourStart tells how women workers confined to company dormitories organized a union. In labor history, Hormel meatpackers begin a year-long strike. Quote of the day: Jesse Jackson Sr. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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77
When the Dogs Bit Back
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Working Class History traces how street dogs became symbols of resistance and hope. In labor history, FDR signs the Social Security Act. Quote of the day: Pete Seeger. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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76
Songs for a Society Under Attack
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Labor Heritage Power Hour connects Woody Guthrie’s songs to today’s attacks on labor justice, the economy and freedom. In labor history, Buffalo switchmen strike in 1892. Quote of the day: Saul Alinsky. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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75
Who Builds the Show?
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Heartland Labor Forum asks whether concert workers are paid fairly and protected. In labor history, baseball players launch the 1994 strike. Quote of the day: J.J. Bentley. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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74
A Two-Way Street for Worker Power
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Worker Power Hour explores how unions can connect with their communities and amplify their message. In labor history, troops expel jobless workers from D.C. Quote of the day: Jack London. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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73
Fighting for the Boulderado
On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Labor Exchange follows workers fighting to preserve jobs and working conditions at Colorado's historic Boulderado Hotel. In labor history, President Obama signed a jobs bill to prevent public-sector layoffs in 2010. Quote of the day: Barack Obama. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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72
Women Organize on Their Own Terms
On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: ReWork explores why women workers in Uganda built their own organization instead of joining male-led groups. In labor history, Eugene Debs was arrested after the Pullman Strike in 1894. Quote of the day: Elizabeth Gurley Flynn. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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71
Zinn: Art Can Change Lives
On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Labor Heritage Power Hour explores Howard Zinn's belief that art and theater can inspire social change and transcend politics. In labor history, Verizon workers launched a nationwide strike in 2000. Quote of the day: Staughton Lynd. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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70
Why Ten Percent Unemployment Isn't Normal
On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Blue Collar News examines chronic unemployment in Montana's tribal communities and the barriers facing Native workers. In labor history, the FMLA took effect in 1993. Quote of the day: Bill Clinton. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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69
Hospitality Workers Carry More Than Trays
On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Boiling Point explores how hospitality and service workers are expected to serve as social workers in downtown communities. In labor history, the 1997 UPS strike began; quote of the day: Ron Carey. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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68
The hidden machinery of wage theft
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Workers Mic digs into the mechanics of tax fraud and wage theft with an expert who explains how the scam works and why workers should care. In labor history, Florence Reece died in 1986; quote of the day: Florence Reece. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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67
Black freedom met with deadly resistance
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Labor History in 2:00 recalls the 1866 Mechanics Institute Massacre in New Orleans, when white mobs attacked Black Republicans and their allies fighting for civil rights. In labor history, the NFL Players struck in 1970; quote of the day: Marvin Miller. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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66
Stand Up and Sing
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Mindy Murray talks music and resistance on the Labor Heritage Power Hour. In labor history, Jimmy Hoffa disappeared in 1975. Quote of the day: Jimmy Hoffa. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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65
Everyone Starts Somewhere
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Actor Harrison Ford joins the SAG-AFTRA Podcast to reflect on overcoming self-doubt and finding his place in the industry. In labor history, United Farm Workers won their first grape contracts in Delano in 1970. Quote of the day: Cesar Chavez. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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64
Small Movements Change History
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: My Labor Radio explores how ordinary people can change the course of history through everyday action. In labor history, women shoemakers formed the Daughters of St. Crispin in 1869 to fight for equal pay. Quote of the day: Harry Bridges. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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63
The Boat's Gotta Float
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Labor Notes explores the solidarity forged on the picket line during a union strike. In labor history, National Labor Union founder William Sylvis dies in 1869. Quote of the day: William Sylvis. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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62
Cheap Groceries at What Cost?
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Grocery Nerds examines Aldi’s low-cost business model and what it means for workers. In labor history, the UAW and Teamsters launched the Alliance for Labor Action. Quote of the day: Benjamin Todd Jealous. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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61
The Stories Behind the Struggle
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Labor Heritage Power Hour explores how the Labor Radio Podcast Network connects listeners with labor voices from across the movement. In labor history, Michigan copper miners strike for union recognition in 1913. Quote of the day: Charles Moyer. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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60
Holding the Line in Great Falls
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Blue Collar News visits locked-out workers on a Montana picket line fighting for their union jobs. In labor history, San Francisco brewery workers won a landmark 1886 strike. Quote of the day: Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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59
C&H Sugar Workers Walk the Line
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: WorkWeek Radio visits the first strike in 70 years by ILWU Local 6 workers at the C&H Sugar refinery. In labor history, Chicago labor-owned station WCFL began broadcasting in 1926. Quote of the day: Sigmund Freud. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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58
Bloody Friday Lives On
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Green and Red explores the harsh conditions faced by Southern textile workers. In labor history, the 1934 Minneapolis truckers' strike reached its deadly "Bloody Friday." Quote of the day: David Riehle. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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57
The Right to Refuse Dangerous Work
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Workers Mic examines labor conditions in the cannabis industry. In labor history, the 1944 Port Chicago disaster led to the court-martial of 50 Black sailors. Quote of the day: Thurgood Marshall. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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56
Soccer was forged in the class struggle
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Labor Heritage Power Hour explores how soccer’s history is inseparable from labor, class, and industrialization. In labor history, San Francisco’s 1934 longshore strike became a four-day general strike. Quote of the day: George Meany. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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55
The future of work belongs to workers who organize
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Labor Force explores how workers across industries are organizing to shape the future of work. In labor history, Lovestruck game writers won raises after their 2020 strike. Quote of the day: Thomas Lee. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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54
Heatstroke can hit anybody
On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Roswell Hub shares lifesaving lessons on protecting workers from extreme heat. In labor history, the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 erupted after wage cuts sparked a nationwide revolt. Quote of the day: Woody Guthrie. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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53
Nobody wants to strike
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Labor Radio on KBOO hears why university workers say they don't want to strike—but will if they must. In labor history, Detroit newspaper workers launched their 19-month strike in 1995. Quote of the day: Booker T. Washington. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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52
All one love
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Grocery Nerds explores the “all one love” message behind a beloved grocery product and the man who created it. In labor history, federal troops crushed the Pullman Strike in 1894. Quote of the day: Mary McLeod Bethune. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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51
Live from the Great Labor Arts Exchange!
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Labor Heritage Power Hour celebrates a night of music, spoken word and solidarity. In labor history, a 1935 subway cleaners’ strike won reinstatement for six fired workers. Quote of the day: Mary McLeod Bethune. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.
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